KIEV – Ukraine’s military said Monday that it is waiting for a full ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels before withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline, a key next step in a tattered peace plan.”As Ukrainian positions are still being fired upon there can be no talk yet of a withdrawal of weapons,” military spokesman Vladyslav Selevnyov wrote in a statement on Facebook.Seleznyov said that Kiev was only willing to start pulling back its heavy weapons once there has been a total stop in firing for a whole day.Ukraine’s military said that clashes overnight dropped off considerably but that insurgent fighters had …read more
Source: AsiaOne
